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éviter — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • avoid verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
  • dodge verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
  • escape verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
  • eschew verb To deliberately avoid or keep away from something, usually on moral or practical grounds.
  • forbear verb To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
  • help verb To provide assistance to someone or something.
  • obviate verb To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
  • save verb To rescue someone or something from harm or danger.
  • shirk verb To avoid a duty or responsibility.
  • shun verb To deliberately avoid someone or something, often as a form of social rejection.

Senses

éviter is used for these senses in English:

  • avoid (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
  • dodge (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
  • escape (transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
  • eschew (transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
  • forbear (transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
  • help (transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
  • obviate (transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
  • save (transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.

avoid — full definition

  1. verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
  2. verb To prevent something from happening, or to stop yourself from doing something.
  3. verb legal: To make a contract or legal act void; to cancel it.

dodge — full definition

  1. verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
  2. verb To avoid dealing with a question, responsibility, or difficulty.
  3. noun A trick or clever way of avoiding something, especially a duty or tax.

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